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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meal \Meal\ (m[=e]l), noun [OE. mele, AS. m[=ae]l part, portion, portion of time; akin to E. meal a repast. Cf. {Piecemeal}.] A part; a fragment; a portion. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meal \Meal\, noun [OE. mel; akin to E. meal a part, and to D. maal time, meal, G. mal time, mahl meal, Icel. m[=a]l measure, time, meal, Goth. m[=e]l time, and to E. measure. See {Measure}.] The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal.
What strange fish Hath made his meal on thee? --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meal \Meal\, noun [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my'lh mill, and E. mill. [root]108. Cf. {Mill}, {Mold} soil, {Mole} an animal, {Immolate}, {Molar}.]
1. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse.
2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated.
{Meal beetle} (Zo["o]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See {Meal worm}, below.
{Meal moth} (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect ({Asopia farinalis}), the larv[ae] of which feed upon meal, flour, etc.
{Meal worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a beetle ({Tenebrio molitor}) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meal \Meal\, verb (used with an object)
1. To sprinkle with, or as with, meal. --Shak.
2. To pulverize; as, mealed powder.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
meal
noun
1: the food served and eaten at one time [syn: {repast}]
2: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
3: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "meal": C ration, K ration, air pollution, allotment, allowance, attritus, barley, bird seed, board, bran, breakfast, carry too far, cat food, chicken feed, chop, chow, collation, commons, consume, corn, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, devour, dinner, dog food, dust, dust ball, eat, eatage, efflorescence, emergency rations, ensilage, entertainment, fallout, fare, farina, feast, feed, feed on, field rations, filings, flour, fodder, food, forage, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, grain, grits, groats, grub, hay, ingest, kittens, lint, lunch, luncheon, mash, meals, meat, mess, nourishment, oats, overdo, overplay, partake of, pasturage, pasture, pet food, powder, provender, pussies, raspings, rations, refection, refreshment, regalement, repas, repast, sawdust, scratch, scratch feed, short commons, silage, slops, smut, snack, soot, spread, straw, supper, swill, table, take, tea, treat, tucker, victuals, wheat
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